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USDA Forest Service
Washington, D.C.
El Toro Wilderness Area, Caribbean National Forest
The El Toro Wilderness, located within the Caribbean National Forest, is home to the Puerto Rican Parrot, one of the 10 most endangered birds in the world. A parrot aviary was established on the forest in 1972 to hatch parrot eggs and fledge the young birds in captiviity before their release into the wild.